Campus Progress and Colorlines.com have teamed up to host this keynote competition for their summer national conference. Have something to say about race and young people? Enter here!

Check out this Q&A from the Dart Center with Latina author and journalist Celia Ballí about her reporting on the drug war in Mexico and the challenges of writing about traumatic events.

In case you thought gender panic didn’t exist, read about how folks have responded to a J. Crew ad where a boy painted his toenails pink. Our gender norms are strict ya’ll–especially if you’re talking about male-assigned people doing things that are considered feminine.

I wrote an article for Colorlines about the raising rate of maternal mortality in the US, how it impacts women of color and what some midwifery advocates are trying to do about it.

On Tuesday, former New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate narrowly lost a campaign for a seat on New York City Council. Despite his loss, the fact that voters were willing to forgive and forget Monserrate, a known abuser, at the ballot box is concerning.

In 2009, Monserrate sliced his girlfriend’s face with broken glass and then dragged her through the lobby of his apartment. Prosecutors charged that Monserrate — an ex-cop and ex-Marine — attacked his girlfriend Karla Giraldo after finding another man’s business card in her purse. Though Giraldo objected to the case moving forward, Monserrate was convicted of misdemeanor assault

On Tuesday, former New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate narrowly lost a campaign for a seat on New York City Council. Despite his loss, the fact that voters were ...

Earlier this summer, Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez teamed up with Clinique for their “Difference Maker” campaign. In the promotional video for the campaign, Gina shares her success story, hoping to inspire other young, disadvantaged kids like herself. A colored pencil, a yellow highlighter, a stack of books, and other school supplies flash across the screen and an empty notebook suggests that our lives, like Gina’s, are bursting with potential; it is simply up to us to direct them.In the video, Gina differentiates between her passion, which is acting, and her life’s purpose, which is, “to free someone from those invisible shackles. Because they are invisible. They are an illusion.”

Gina tells us she comes from a “predominantly Latino, gang infested ...

Earlier this summer, Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez teamed up with Clinique for their “Difference Maker” campaign. In the promotional video for the campaign, Gina shares her success story, hoping to inspire other young, disadvantaged kids ...

But the fact that people are outraged over this ad is outrageous itself. People indignant that others would have the audacity to sing ‘America the Beautiful’ in a language other than English, when America was built ...

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